New Amsterdam (New York City) New York Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms 1639

In memory of Ted Brassard 1930 ~ 2001

Ted was the creator of Ties That Bind The Chains of Life, a webpage devoted to his beloved hobby of genealogy. The first child of Theodore Brassard and Ellen Therese Perkins, Ted was born in Fulton, N.Y. on May 1, 1930. Sadly, Ted died Aug. 23 2001 after a
21 month battle with cancer.

Ted was the first person to
transcribe and place the baptismal records of the New
Amsterdam (New York) Reformed Dutch Church online.
Ted worked very hard to complete this task so that all
researchers could freely access these records. Ted was my
inspiration for adding the marriage records for this same
church as a complementary set of records to the task he
laboured over.

Ted was a diligent researcher and his webpage was used by
many. The genealogy community has lost a generous and kind
hearted man in Ted. The following records were Ted's labour of love, and are placed on The Olive Tree Genealogy with the permission of Ted's wife, Pat.

Ted's Notes:

This is the first of a series of files on the baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of
New Amsterdam. Accent marks on names have been left out for simplicity so that the data
is acceptable to all computer platforms and no one will get those funny little squares or
squiggles on the screen. Ufortunately many of the records I had concerning data prior
to 1639 are missing, lost, or destroyed after all these years (it is about 20 years ago that I
copied most of them). So I only have six baptisms for 1639.

The following is a list of Ministers of this church, their births, deaths, and lengths
of service: